negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other
Class AC_Next

java.lang.Object
  negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy
      negotiator.boaframework.acceptanceconditions.other.AC_Next

public class AC_Next
extends AcceptanceStrategy

This Acceptance Condition will accept an opponent bid if the utility is higher than the bid the agent is ready to present Decoupling Negotiating Agents to Explore the Space of Negotiation Strategies T. Baarslag, K. Hindriks, M. Hendrikx, A. Dirkzwager, C.M. Jonker

Version:

18/12/11

Author:

Alex Dirkzwager, Mark Hendrikx

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

helper, negotiationSession, offeringStrategy, opponentModel

Constructor Summary

AC_Next()
Empty constructor for the BOA framework.

AC_Next(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, double alpha, double beta)

Method Summary

Actions	determineAcceptability() Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.
void	init(NegotiationSession negoSession, OfferingStrategy strat, OpponentModel opponentModel, java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters) Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor.
java.lang.String	printParameters()

Methods inherited from class negotiator.boaframework.AcceptanceStrategy

endSession, isMAC, loadData, setOpponentUtilitySpace, storeData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AC_Next

public AC_Next()

Empty constructor for the BOA framework.

AC_Next

public AC_Next(NegotiationSession negoSession,
               OfferingStrategy strat,
               double alpha,
               double beta)

Method Detail

init

public void init(NegotiationSession negoSession,
                 OfferingStrategy strat,
                 OpponentModel opponentModel,
                 java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parameters)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Standard initialize method to be called after using the empty constructor. Most of the time this method should be overridden for usage by the decoupled framework.

Overrides:

init in class AcceptanceStrategy

Parameters:

negoSession - state of the negotiation.

strat - of the agent.

parameters - of the acceptance strategy.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown when initializing the acceptance strategy fails.

printParameters

public java.lang.String printParameters()

Overrides:

printParameters in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

string representation of the parameters supplied to the model.

determineAcceptability

public Actions determineAcceptability()

Description copied from class: AcceptanceStrategy

Determines to either to either accept or reject the opponent's bid or even quit the negotiation.

Specified by:

determineAcceptability in class AcceptanceStrategy

Returns:

one of three possible actions: Actions.Accept, Actions.Reject, Actions.Break.